Comma Rules
If this contains three or more items, you put a comma between each one.
What is a list?
What is Rule 2?
Where does the comma go?
Wow that's a great story!
Wow, that's a great story!
Fill in the blank:
Dialogue makes the story __________
Advance
These go at the beginning and end of the speaker's words
What are quotation marks?
A comma goes between these if there are two or more describing one noun
What is an adjective?
What is Rule 3?
Where does the comma go?
It was really cold outside so we put a sweater on the dog.
It was really cold outside, so we put a sweater on the dog.
Fill in the blank:
Dialogue defines _____________and their relationships
characters
It separates the speaker tag from the dialogue
What is a comma?
It is an acronym that lists small words that go after a comma.
What is FANBOYS?
What is Rule 1?
Where do the commas go?
Jeopardy the greatest game in the world has been around for a long time.
Jeopardy, the greatest game in the world, has been around for a long time.
Fill in two blanks:
Dialogue __________ what's happening instead of __________ it.
shows, telling
This begins every time there is a new speaker
What is a new paragraph (also acceptable: What is a paragraph)
It is a name followed by a comma identifying the person being spoken to.
What is direct address?
What is Rule 10?
Where does the comma go?
Since the store doesn’t open until 10:00 AM we have time to get some breakfast first.
Since the store doesn’t open until 10:00 AM, we have time to get some breakfast first.
Fill in the blank:
Dialogue brings ______________ to the pacing of a story
variety
Punctuation related to the dialogue goes here
Where is inside the quotation marks?
It goes before a comma and is at the beginning of a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
What is Rule 4?
Where do the commas go?
However the fluffy brown dog wasn't as nice as the bigger meaner one.
However, the fluffy, brown dog wasn't as nice as the bigger, meaner one.
Fill in the blank with a phrase:
In every good dialogue, at least one of the characters should undergo________________
a change of mood
A dialogue that is followed by a speaker tag ends with this
What is a comma?